Lighting fixture



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LIGHTING, FIXTURE.

Application filed October 24, 1927. Serial No. 228,240. 1

My invention relates to lighting fixtures for use with electric lampsand especially to that class of such fixtures known as wall brackets which are adapted to be secured to the walls of a building, the lamp or lamps to be supplied with electric current by Wires ex: tending from the said walls at the points where the said brackets are attached. The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a wall bracket of simple construction that may be assembled and connected with less labor than most of those heretofore made; and, second, to provide a construction in which the lamp and the shade surrounding the lamp are readily accessible for cleaning or renewal.

My invention consists in a wall plate carry ing a hollow supporting ledge extending therefrom, the shade-holder surrounding the lamp socket being held in position on the said ledge by a screw or bolt extending through the said shade-holder at a point adjacent to its periphery. My invention further consists in a shade retaining member hinged to the said wall plate and covering the upper part of the shade when the said shade is resting on In the drawings which illustrate my invention Figure 1 is a side view, partially in section, of a li hting fixture of my improved.

construction. Figure 2 is a sectional view of the same fixture, the section being taken on the line A-A of Figure 1, and looking in the direction indicated by the arrow X. Figure view of the same fixture, this section also being taken on the line AA of Figure 1, but looking in the direction indicated by the arrow Y.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views. 7 The wall-plate 1 is adapted to be bolted or otherwise fastened to the wall of a building by any suitable means such as the screws 18 shown in dotted line in Figure 1. Projecting r from the wall plate 1 is a hollow ledge or support 2 which is preferably cast integrally with the wall plate 1 as shown, but this support 2 may be made as a separate member and attached to the wall plate 1. The shade holder 3 is provided with an opening 4 which registers with the open end 5 in the hollow sup-' port 2, thus forming a passage through which insulated wires made be inserted when the lighting fixture is installed. In my preferred construction the shade holder 3 rests upon the upper surface of the support 2 and is firmly held in place by a shown in the drawings. In the interior of the shade holder 3 is an annular disc 7 and a resilient washer 8 surrounding and supporting the lamp socket 9 bearing the lamp 10. The under side of the annulardisc 7 rests upon the interior of the shade holder 3 and is also held in position by the screw 6. The hollow cylindrical shade 11, made of glass or other translucent material, rests upon the outer edge of the annular disc 7 or it may be made to rest directly on the shade holder 3.

The upper part of the shade 11 is enclosed and held in position by the shade retainer 12, which shade retainer 12 also serves as a cover to close the upper open end of the shade 11 and is held in lace by engagement with the wall-plate 1. 11 order to permit ready removal, cleaning or renewal of the shade 11 and the lamp 10, I provide a hinge joint between the said shade retainer 12 and the wallplate 1. In my preferred construction, the shade retainer 12 is cast with a rearwardly projecting tang 13 adapted to extend through a hole 14 in the wall plate 1. The free end 15 of the said tang 13 is turned upward to pre-' vent the forward movement of the shade retainer 12 when in its normal position as shown in Figure 1. The metal at the lower edge of the hole 14 in the wall plate 1 is extended forward to form a ledge 16. A projection 17 on the. underside of the tang 13 engages with the front edge of the ledge 16 to prevent a rearward movement of the shade retainer 12 when in its normal position. If desired the tang 13 may be formed separately from the shade retainer 12 and attached to the said shade retainer 12 in any desired manner.

The factory assembly of my improved lighting fixture is a very simple operation. The annular disc 7 carrying the lamp socket 9 is placed in the shade holder 3 and the single screw 6 secures it in place on its support 2 which is preferably a part of the wall plate 1. The shade 11 is set in the shade holder 3. The end 15 of the tang 13 of the shade retainer 12 is slipped through the hole 14 in the wall plate 1 and the said shade retainer 12 is then swung downward into position, resting on the ledge 16 Or on the shade 11, thus completing the assembly.

When my improved lighting fixture is insingle screw 6, as

stalled on a wall, the shade retainer 12 can not be separated from the wall plate 1, for the reason that whenv the said shade retainer 12 is swung up and back to the extreme position then possible, co ning into contact with the wall as shown in dotted lines at the top of Figure 1, the flat top of the ledge 16 prevents a further lowering of the end 15 of the tang 18 and consequently, the said end 15 of the tang 13 cannot be withdrawn from the hole 14 in the wall plate 1.

It is to be understood that the construction of the lamp socket 9 and the method by which the saidla-nip socket-is held in position on the annular disc 7 form no part of my invention.

It is also to be understood that some Inea-ns 'other'than the annular attach the lamp socket 9 to the shade'holder 3 without departing from the spirit of my inyention. I

disc 7 may be used to the said shade holder, the said screw extend ing through the said shade holder and into the said hollow ledge.

2. In a lighting fixture, a wall plate, a hollow ledge projecting from the said wall plate,

ashade holder a lamp socket support within the said shade holder and a screw extending through the said lamp socket support and the said shade holder and into the said hollow ledge at a pointad acent the periphery otthe sa1dshade.h0lder.. V

FRANK WAGNER. 

